<?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[Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to receive than to do an injury. [Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20913]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to receive than to do an injury. [Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore  Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore  Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer   Curves his white bastions with projected roof    Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.     Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work      So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he       For number or proportion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It is only by the giving of life that we can have life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52266]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51801]]></link><description><![CDATA[He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57406]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10368]]></link><description><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34369]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35185]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the Atlantic. We already have a winning concept, so the aim was fine-tuning rather than making major changes. More sophisticated lines and materials and a better driving experience without compromising on demands concerning safety and power trains with good environmental properties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams in life are like mirages in the desert where you can never reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams in life are like mirages in the desert where you can never reach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66719]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He needs prayers. That's what it comes down to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He needs prayers. That's what it comes down to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66860]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says that the Earth is flat, but I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the shadow than in the church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3552]]></link><description><![CDATA[All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60322]]></link><description><![CDATA[VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves him?Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me. - Ae Fond Kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is where we learn that he had two daughters... his two daughters, Sylvia and Regina. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35439]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is where we learn that he had two daughters... his two daughters, Sylvia and Regina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give importance to trifling matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48552]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give importance to trifling matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was her way of dealing with the grief. She was really venting when I was just sobbing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41612]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was her way of dealing with the grief. She was really venting when I was just sobbing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890]]></link><description><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheryl Treadwell is our angel, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheryl Treadwell is our angel,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most tragic cases are the ones where you find out someone was desperately trying to get help and didn't, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33040]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most tragic cases are the ones where you find out someone was desperately trying to get help and didn't, and as a result, someone died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous  Is that temptation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58908]]></link><description><![CDATA[O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook: most dangerous  Is that temptation that doth goad us on   To sin in loving virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's headed up here. The hungry will be living on the same street as the captains of industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's headed up here. The hungry will be living on the same street as the captains of industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54404]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus iners angusto tempore vertit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of it people will have to see. Once they see it, they will understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of it people will have to see. Once they see it, they will understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43218]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover,  Think 'tis the shade   By ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover,  Think 'tis the shade   By Victory made    Whose wings right o'er us hover!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14518]]></link><description><![CDATA[We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We have left undone those things that ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14518</guid></item></channel></rss>