<?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[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrongs are often forgiven; contempt never]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52123]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This lends stability to the company. It's always good to let people know who's in charge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30404]]></link><description><![CDATA[This lends stability to the company. It's always good to let people know who's in charge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55318]]></link><description><![CDATA[What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled? What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office, or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63694]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The least strength suffices to break what is bruised. [Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The least strength suffices to break what is bruised. [Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live to explain thy doctrine by thy life.   - Matthew Prior, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live to explain thy doctrine by thy life.   - Matthew Prior,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have better spared a better man. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have better spared a better man. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me  Thoughts that would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5846]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me  Thoughts that would thick my blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21489]]></link><description><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. My decision totally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new statements will have in them a person's earnings over their lifetime, from that very first job they ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new statements will have in them a person's earnings over their lifetime, from that very first job they ever had, all through their lives,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;   So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theory: A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,  And go, get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,  And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication   Which is more sober far than all sobriety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confound the cats! All cats--alway-- Cats of all colours, black, white, grey;  By night a nuisance and by day-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confound the cats! All cats--alway-- Cats of all colours, black, white, grey;  By night a nuisance and by day--   Confound the cats!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is great; but silence is greater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest area in convergence for us is going to be as the computer moves from the office to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33931]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest area in convergence for us is going to be as the computer moves from the office to a home network. Your database is going to house your videos, your music and your photographs. And it's also going to be storing your data for work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6123]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63482]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45800]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The living degradation we may know   If we do dread death for a sacred cause?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30517]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little frustrating, but we're a whole team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get them out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   [He said:] that our sanctification did not depend upon our changing our works, but upon our doing that for God' s sake which commonly we do for our own; that it was lamentable to see how many people mistook the means for the end, addicting themselves to certain works, which they performed very imperfectly, by reason of their human or selfish regards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume that, because we are Christians, in the full biblical sense, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, automatically we shall be free from the influence of what surrounds us. The Holy Spirit can do what He will, but the Bible does not separate His work from knowledge; nor does the work of the Holy Spirit remove our responsibility as parents, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, or teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write what should not be forgotten ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write what should not be forgotten]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played pretty hard. We had a little trouble the first 50 minutes. We didn't really play our game, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played pretty hard. We had a little trouble the first 50 minutes. We didn't really play our game, but in the end it was a [win] for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14158]]></link><description><![CDATA[While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.  [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14158</guid></item></channel></rss>