<?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[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/563]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15970]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire— ... it is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peaceful mind generates power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22634]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peaceful mind generates power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not true that the assertion of spiritual principle is vain because we can not see at the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not true that the assertion of spiritual principle is vain because we can not see at the moment how to express that principle in action. It would assuredly make a difference if Christians, in their approach one to another, realized that, in spite of appearances, they were in fact one. If, in their seeking after external reunion, they realized that they were seeking not to create a unity which does not yet exist, but to find an expression for a unity which does exist, which is indeed the one elemental reality, they would approach one another in a better frame of mind. The common recognition of the principle would in itself be a unifying force of great value, and would dispose those who shared it to approach questions of difference in a spirit of unity which would immensely assist their deliberations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22847]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12172]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no long spoon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on, He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44613]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on, He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one.  "With the skinny side out, and the wooly side in,   'Twill be warm and convanient," said Bryan O'Lynn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you to recant your statement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And if he will be so, he will lay them bare no further than is necessary to some good end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stretch pant is a big and well-known segment for us. We chose the song because we wanted to create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stretch pant is a big and well-known segment for us. We chose the song because we wanted to create an upbeat, energetic and fun mood for the spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28206]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because you're not creating as many lifetime criminals and you're helping more kids to become successful members of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20551]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation's policy form an integral whole. Foreign policy and domestic policy are closely linked together; they are but one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47283]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation's policy form an integral whole. Foreign policy and domestic policy are closely linked together; they are but one system; they condition each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No living man can send me to the shades Before my time; no man of woman born,  Coward or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12066]]></link><description><![CDATA[No living man can send me to the shades Before my time; no man of woman born,  Coward or brave, can shun his destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting elementary school students.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42045]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, and reveals Himself to me, my answer may perhaps provoke your smiles or laughter, and even scandalize you. I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath of His affection, feel His invisible and intangible hand drawing me, leading me, grasping me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're excited to be at home. We had a super opening weekend, and we want to carry that momentum into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33418]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're excited to be at home. We had a super opening weekend, and we want to carry that momentum into this weekend. All three teams coming in are very good programs and will be battling for top honors in their conferences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36985]]></link><description><![CDATA[This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43164]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions and information and the second one is the intimidation of those who make complaints against public officials. In my opinion, there is no doubt that these phenomena are more than allegations, but have in fact considerable basis in reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22149]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not aw'd to duty by superior sway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God, I--I also--am an American!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger than all fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger than all fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62032</guid></item></channel></rss>