<?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[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the good and gentle; for this is a naturally pleasing to all, and everyone willingly enjoyeth peace, and loveth those best that agree with him. But to be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace, and a most commendable thing.  ... Thomas à Kempis July 25, 2000 Feast of James the Apostle  When Jesus calls his disciples "brothers" and "friends", he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliot has never shied away from an opportunity to take on his opponents. We have requests from news organizations, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eliot has never shied away from an opportunity to take on his opponents. We have requests from news organizations, and Eliot looks forward to debating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a real risk that this motion could succeed ... and we need to deal with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40538]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a real risk that this motion could succeed ... and we need to deal with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51036]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really understand how much the weather really effects our energy consumption and our energy supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to get him in the NFL Hall now and that's going to be tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33896]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to get him in the NFL Hall now and that's going to be tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25357]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he was born for literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars...you don't always see them, but you know they're always there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars...you don't always see them, but you know they're always there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27939]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avian influenza has definitely impacted the demand for poultry in the international market and caused poultry prices to weaken, particularly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avian influenza has definitely impacted the demand for poultry in the international market and caused poultry prices to weaken, particularly leg quarters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not now either arising from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8535]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not now either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin and hastening towards concrete amendment or restitution, or else arising from pity and hastening towards active assistance, is simply bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the course of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40501]]></link><description><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so it's a good deal come lunchtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we can be pretty close to that again, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we can be pretty close to that again,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932]]></link><description><![CDATA[This moment contains all moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her honeymoon, and that's priceless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13623]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency--clear disinterested thinking and fearless action along the right lines of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Alchymy to saving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49646]]></link><description><![CDATA[No Alchymy to saving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice for the entombment of bones!Best to "Realize" the temporal nature of thingsand simply "Do and Die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31474]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them now. But that did not turn out to be true. Indians have come through unscathed, and they're able to protect their turf ... So now there's the sense that we want to learn from them, rather than that they'll wipe us out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an awesome piece of equipment, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33660]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an awesome piece of equipment,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40345]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,  Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,  Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place   And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run    Soon in long rivers down the lifted face,     And leave the vision clear for stars and sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58784</guid></item></channel></rss>