<?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[Even as a Surgeon, minding off to cut Some cureless limb, before in use he put  His violent Engins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even as a Surgeon, minding off to cut Some cureless limb, before in use he put  His violent Engins on the vicious member,   Bringeth his Patient in a senseless slumber,    And grief-less then (guided by use and art),     To save the whole, sawes off th' infected part.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6597]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no God, and the foundation of our nature is seditious, impious, refractory, opposed to and contemptuous of all that tries to rule it, and therefore contrary to order, ungovernable and negative. It is this foundation which Christianity calls the natural man. But the savage which is within us, and constitutes the primitive stuff of us, must be disciplined and civilized in order to produce a man. And the man must be patiently cultivated to produce a wise man; and the wise man must be tested and tried if he is to become righteous, and the righteous man must have substituted the will of God for his individual will, if he is to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fan votes are really great, but to get the players and coaches, then you know you have the respect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fan votes are really great, but to get the players and coaches, then you know you have the respect of the league. There are a lot more important things. It's a personal goal, and if I make it, it would be the icing on the cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it a point not to be over-fascinating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18850]]></link><description><![CDATA[High above hate I dwell, O storms! farewell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're devoted to giving children a chance to have a full camp experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31130]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're devoted to giving children a chance to have a full camp experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry, Of bugles going by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry, Of bugles going by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine  For I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine  For I have none to give; I love Thee, Lord, but all that love is Thine,  For by Thy life I live. I am as nothing, and rejoice to be Emptied and lost and swallowed up in Thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on her lover's arm she leant, And round her waist she felt it fold,  And far across the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51729]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on her lover's arm she leant, And round her waist she felt it fold,  And far across the hills they went,   In that new world that is the old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60835]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one teaches, two learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63888]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one teaches, two learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Initial reports are that the Saturn failed to stop at a stop sign or just didn't see the truck coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Initial reports are that the Saturn failed to stop at a stop sign or just didn't see the truck coming and pulled out in front of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking about the next generation of the CBC, ... We are a family, and the family goes from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking about the next generation of the CBC, ... We are a family, and the family goes from generation to generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is . . . 'till it's not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. -Jawaharlal Nehru.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41374]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He never, never worried about it. He seemed comfortable about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He never, never worried about it. He seemed comfortable about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37534]]></link><description><![CDATA[School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any way they want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955  The pure, mere love of God is that alone from which sinners are justly to expect that no sin will pass unpunished, but that His love will visit them with every calamity and distress that can help to break and purify the bestial heart of man and awaken in him true repentance and conversion to God. It is love alone in the holy Deity that will allow no peace to the wicked, nor ever cease its judgments till every sinner is forced to confess that it is good for him that he has been in trouble, and thankfully own that not the wrath but the love of God has plucked out that right eye, cut off that right band, which he ought to have done but would not do for himself and his own salvation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34378]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six ft) above flooding levels at some places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have met the enemy and they are ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have met the enemy and they are ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill youmakes you stronger.]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21074]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill youmakes you stronger.].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36438]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many American editors and publishers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long dispute means both parties are wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52690]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long dispute means both parties are wrong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30811]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I've found it!), ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I've found it!), but 'That's funny...' -Isaac Asimov.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17193]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17193</guid></item></channel></rss>