<?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[Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free from freedom.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking profile that you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.  'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,   When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most romantic schemes   Are something more than fictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   The kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power, the power of Godliness. Though now we are fallen upon another method, we have turned all religion into faith, and our faith is nothing but the production of interest or disputing; it is adhering to a party and a wrangling against all the world beside--and when it is asked of what religion he is, we understand the meaning to be what faction does he follow, what are the articles of his sect, not what is the manner of his life: and if men be zealous for their party and that interest, then they are precious men, though otherwise they be covetous as the grave, factious as Dathan, schismatical as Korah, or proud as the fallen angels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He talks nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51803]]></link><description><![CDATA[He talks nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is only a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is only a number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our aim is to survive and we need to beat West Brom. There will be big pressure on us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our aim is to survive and we need to beat West Brom. There will be big pressure on us to win and we have to handle it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our investigation found evidence that juveniles were routinely hit, shoved and slapped by staff, that juveniles were sprayed with pepper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our investigation found evidence that juveniles were routinely hit, shoved and slapped by staff, that juveniles were sprayed with pepper spray while in restraints,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and hislimitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and hislimitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because,you see, humor is truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The peasant thanked her with their tears, When food and clothes were given;  "This is a joy," the lady ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51552]]></link><description><![CDATA[The peasant thanked her with their tears, When food and clothes were given;  "This is a joy," the lady said,   "Saints cannot taste in heaven."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56265]]></link><description><![CDATA[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/56265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that when they talk about quality of health care, patients mean something entirely different than experts do. They're not talking about numbers or outcomes but about their own human experience, which is a combination of cost, paperwork and what I'll call the hassle factor, the impersonal nature of the care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women know not the whole of their coquetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women know not the whole of their coquetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10873]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ready to be surprised ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ready to be surprised]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53131]]></link><description><![CDATA[This case may also be notable for the chutzpah of the Assistant United States Attorney in advancing as a reason for striking a juror that, "I have a P rule, I never accept anyone whose occupation begins with a P. He is a pipeline operator." This is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10338]]></link><description><![CDATA["I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's adding to their cost of operations, but like any business, they'll probably add it onto our costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38157]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie a blunder free us,   And foolish notion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every action there is an equal and opposite government program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45129]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I think some of these younger kids will play better Saturday night after getting a taste of playoff action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words writ in waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words writ in waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.   - Daniel Webster, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.   - Daniel Webster,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you leastexpect it, will be a fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you leastexpect it, will be a fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44339]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools admire, but men of sense approve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools admire, but men of sense approve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mithriades, by frequently drinking poison, rendered it impossible for any poison to hurt him. You, Cinna, by always dining on next to nothing, have taken due precaution against ever perishing from hunger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps only 7 to 10 percent at most of the cost of producing a wafer is labor. So there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps only 7 to 10 percent at most of the cost of producing a wafer is labor. So there is a whole host of other factors that make a wafer fab competitive and the cost of labor is not really one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836</guid></item></channel></rss>