<?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[We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25237]]></link><description><![CDATA[We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23065]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72]]></link><description><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36577]]></link><description><![CDATA[She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' instead of Bill Clinton. 'Christine' is just more formal. She says that's what her mother called her when she got in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it;  But be it known to Skin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it;  But be it known to Skin and Bone   That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56757]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride:  Let Nature guide thee; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46000]]></link><description><![CDATA[To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride:  Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire   The shining belles of the fly require;    The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail,     Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to be prepared on the local level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to be prepared on the local level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dropped our very first pass, but the first touchdown was a perfect pass from Aaron. The defender had no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31511]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dropped our very first pass, but the first touchdown was a perfect pass from Aaron. The defender had no chance. We got some more great pass protection on the second pass. Neff just threw it up for me to go get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a thorn that has stuck in our sides for year. We went from being one of the best to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32849]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a thorn that has stuck in our sides for year. We went from being one of the best to the bottom 10 in the nation last year. I have let it be known from Day 1 in practice that we will not forget that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful indeed is the empire of habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4243]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm focused on going out and competing and winning a starting job. My mindset has to be that next level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31505]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm focused on going out and competing and winning a starting job. My mindset has to be that next level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fear those big words which make us so unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no fun getting beat up in the press. That's for sure. I grew up more in that one year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no fun getting beat up in the press. That's for sure. I grew up more in that one year than I had in the previous 18.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is a good walk spoiled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is a good walk spoiled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is never finished, only abandoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is never finished, only abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issue about giving me my special use permit will be between the City of Canyon and the school. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issue about giving me my special use permit will be between the City of Canyon and the school. They have to work that out, and I feel confident that I'll get my special use permit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617 Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617 Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellow men sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in God and heaven securely.   ... Henry van Dyke August 24, 2000 Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle Beginning a short series on the Bible:  The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. It is hard, under the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8526]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. It is hard, under the pressure of haste, uneasiness, ill-temper, self-complacency, and conceit, to continue intending justice. Power corrupts; the "insolence of office" will creep in. We see it so clearly in our superiors; is it unlikely that our inferiors see it in us? How many of those who have been over us did not sometimes (perhaps often) need our forgiveness? Be sure that we likewise need the forgiveness of those that are under us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And oft the pangs of absence to remove By letters, soft interpreters of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47828]]></link><description><![CDATA[And oft the pangs of absence to remove By letters, soft interpreters of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is too much reality for a Friday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53044]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is too much reality for a Friday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a depth of ... confusion that we weren't expecting. I think people take their freedoms for granted. Bottom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32806]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a depth of ... confusion that we weren't expecting. I think people take their freedoms for granted. Bottom line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, since folly will always find faith wherever imposters will find impudence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where were you fellows when the paper was blank? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where were you fellows when the paper was blank?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9540]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760</guid></item></channel></rss>