<?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[Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53010]]></link><description><![CDATA[My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing somethingthat isn't there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing somethingthat isn't there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra  Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54595]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62490]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm doing very well, soon to be good as new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm doing very well, soon to be good as new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9003]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no crime. [Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5801]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no crime. [Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34530]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a great team, but we found a way to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   I laughed in the morning's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voltaire and Shakespeare! He was all The other feigned to be.  The flippant Frenchman speaks: I weep;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voltaire and Shakespeare! He was all The other feigned to be.  The flippant Frenchman speaks: I weep;   And Shakespeare weeps with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;  Willing to wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;  Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,   Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;    Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,     A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1087]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona... I understand what it is to be vulnerable, and I understand what it is to be strong. So anybody who bashes 'sentimental' is missing it. I've seen the toughest guys in the world cry. That macho thing is an old folktale. I'm not afraid of it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still going to need continued cooperation from our customer to get through the weekend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35408]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still going to need continued cooperation from our customer to get through the weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is a kind of legalized pillage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is a kind of legalized pillage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38478]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just goofy. Making it easier for the accounting side shouldn't even be a consideration. They ought to be more concerned about students.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just thrilled to have her, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35343]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just thrilled to have her,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6402]]></link><description><![CDATA[To relinquish any of the Psalms on the excuse that its sentiments are too violent for a Christian is a clear sign that a person has also given up the very battle that a Christian is summoned to fight. The Psalms are prayers for those who are engaged in an ongoing, spiritual conflict. No one else need bother even opening the book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64496]]></link><description><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37205]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is such a great sounding board, because she's the one who says, `How can you bear it?' ... And Evelyn Ryan, being who she was, could find satisfaction in any situation that she was living in. She found the magic, and the profundity, in the act of raising children. And, oh man, I couldn't do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53445]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ruckman Matthew Allan met Sheedy yesterday morning and the two have agreed to talk again this week. Allan, an All-Australian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33029]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ruckman Matthew Allan met Sheedy yesterday morning and the two have agreed to talk again this week. Allan, an All-Australian and Carlton best-and-fairest winner in 1999, is believed to have told the club that he intends to retire but has been persuaded by Sheedy to reconsider.] Sheeds wanted him to stay and even James Hird spoke with him, ... They wanted him to go another year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the toughest golfer mentally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the toughest golfer mentally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight,  And, strong in Him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57951]]></link><description><![CDATA[So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight,  And, strong in Him whose cause is ours   In conflict with unholy powers,    We grasp the weapons he has given,--     The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19242]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8846]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65418]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65418</guid></item></channel></rss>