<?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[One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5746]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And quick his colour went and came, As fear and rage alternate rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51079]]></link><description><![CDATA[And quick his colour went and came, As fear and rage alternate rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49549]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58248]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57434]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33669]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and made some bothersome changes to the bill to accommodate his concerns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44140]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take  Occasion by the hand, and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57854]]></link><description><![CDATA[And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take  Occasion by the hand, and make   The bounds of freedom wider yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123]]></link><description><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weakest goeth to the wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weakest goeth to the wall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faire words makes mee looke to my purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus once declared that God is "good to the ungrateful and the wicked" (St. Luke 6:35), and I remember preaching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus once declared that God is "good to the ungrateful and the wicked" (St. Luke 6:35), and I remember preaching a sermon on this text to a horrified and even astonished congregation who simply refused to believe (so I gathered afterwards) in this astounding liberality of God. That God should be in a state of constant fury with the wicked seemed to them only right and proper, but that God should be kind towards those who were defying or disobeying His laws seemed to them a monstrous injustice. Yet I was but quoting the Son of God Himself, and I only comment here that the terrifying risks that God takes are part of His Nature. We do not need to explain or modify His unremitting love towards mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56318]]></link><description><![CDATA[An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4481]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49053]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65409]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13514]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[long-term liability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38388]]></link><description><![CDATA[long-term liability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon examination,   The latter has the largest congregation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I don't have much energy, but hopefully [today] I'll feel better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27739]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this point but we need to be smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, to his own dark fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44528]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, to his own dark fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,  Tormenting himself with his prickles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44985]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[One option currently under consideration by SGA is to charge students who wish to use the Stingerette for off-campus travel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33090]]></link><description><![CDATA[[One option currently under consideration by SGA is to charge students who wish to use the Stingerette for off-campus travel an additional fee.] We would like to look at the possibility of having students who rode the Stingerette swipe their BuzzCard for off-campus driving, ... There might be reasons it could not work, but we think it's definitely something worth looking at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43159</guid></item></channel></rss>