<?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[There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61534]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone needs to be asking the questions. How many lives do we have to lose? How many trucks are going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone needs to be asking the questions. How many lives do we have to lose? How many trucks are going over these overheads over the highways, and what can we do?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19704]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His flesh? The faithful know and receive the Body of Christ if they labor to be the body of Christ; and they become the body of Christ if they study to live by the Spirit of Christ: for that which lives by the Spirit of Christ is the body of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died. [Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died. [Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the timid soul, nothing is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20658]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the timid soul, nothing is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave Him [God] out of our explanations, and the life of thought is decapitated... Without God, everything dries up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave Him [God] out of our explanations, and the life of thought is decapitated... Without God, everything dries up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it the shrewd October wind Brings the tears into her eyes?  Does it blow so strong that she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it the shrewd October wind Brings the tears into her eyes?  Does it blow so strong that she must fetch   Her breath in sudden sighs?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood horror movie. That three-headed dog that stands guard over a treasure was better left to the imagination. . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to cutting down those nets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to cutting down those nets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't steal. The government hates competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't steal. The government hates competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to live in these places from the people who live there; because they would know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53801]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48735]]></link><description><![CDATA[For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal justice system,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50556]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not existindependently of you in the world. They simply do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not existindependently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in thephysical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17379]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, and the plane of the solid, think there must be real things of this sort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17379</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[You've got to sing like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24844]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to sing like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like no one is watching. It's gotta come from the heart, if you want it to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie, and are connect as it were by some relationship. [Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57005]]></link><description><![CDATA[In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66449]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  We have still much to learn as to the laws according to which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  We have still much to learn as to the laws according to which the mind and body act on one another, and according to which one mind acts on another; but it is certain that a great part of this mutual action can be reduced to general laws, and that the more we know of such laws, the greater our power to benefit others will be. When, through the operation of such laws, surprising events take place, [we may] cry out, ... "Such is the will of God," instead of setting ourselves to inquire whether it is the will of God to give us power to bring about or prevent such results; then our conduct is not piety but sinful laziness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63240]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our children are our most precious thing. There has to be consequences when a man breaks into another man's home. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our children are our most precious thing. There has to be consequences when a man breaks into another man's home. (Reinhardt) has a good background, but he did a bad thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is trying to preserve a piece of land that's got oil wells all over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5491]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3979</guid></item></channel></rss>