<?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[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the evils which result from gossiping habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50785]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw,  And birds sit brooding in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45340]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw,  And birds sit brooding in the snow,   And Marian's nose looks red and raw,    When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,     Then nightly sings the staring owl,      Tu-who;       Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,        While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom comes alone through suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom comes alone through suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it is very regrettable that shortly after the murder the North African community was immediately accused, certainly now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35848]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it is very regrettable that shortly after the murder the North African community was immediately accused, certainly now that it appears the culprits were not from that community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2971]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17267]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They got beat pretty bad by Elk Creek last year. They knew they needed this win to set the tone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37337]]></link><description><![CDATA[They got beat pretty bad by Elk Creek last year. They knew they needed this win to set the tone for the season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A disagreement involving students from our College at Florham and Metropolitan Campus and guests attending an Association of Black Collegians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42404]]></link><description><![CDATA[A disagreement involving students from our College at Florham and Metropolitan Campus and guests attending an Association of Black Collegians dance at Florham on Saturday evening resulted in an escalating confrontation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Tenet's charmcovers his armsas a velvet sheathcovers a bloodied sword.***George Tenet head of Murder Inc. whose agency hashad Afghanis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43409]]></link><description><![CDATA[George Tenet's charmcovers his armsas a velvet sheathcovers a bloodied sword.***George Tenet head of Murder Inc. whose agency hashad Afghanis die under their interrogationcannot be trusted not to plant WMD's in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7996]]></link><description><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit thee without the love and grace of God?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did a decent job defensively, Toronto worried us because of their size. We had to create some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did a decent job defensively, Toronto worried us because of their size. We had to create some pressure so they wouldn't have the opportunity to just pound the ball inside on us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52832]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30162]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34650]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly on what might be viewed as partisan or difficult issues, diminishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint abroad, and a devil at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint abroad, and a devil at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the key persons 25-54 demographic, all three stations are tied in a statistical dead heat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30276]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the key persons 25-54 demographic, all three stations are tied in a statistical dead heat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle   "Why was I born?" "Why am I here?" Theology answers, "You are here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle   "Why was I born?" "Why am I here?" Theology answers, "You are here to grow, to grow up in every way unto the full stature of a man newborn in Christ.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24312]]></link><description><![CDATA[No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54947]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is the threat of conflict which can establish peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;  Quand on l'attaque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2645]]></link><description><![CDATA[This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;  Quand on l'attaque il se defend.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2645</guid></item></channel></rss>