<?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[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46425]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37911]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28245]]></link><description><![CDATA[This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire for cooperation in all levels of government, not only of the Executive, but also of the Legislative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60320]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18160]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way. [Lat., Conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas.  Et melius nulla quaeritur arte favor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4196]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't in the shooters' faces. And then we were not physical enough on the boards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't in the shooters' faces. And then we were not physical enough on the boards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting hostile empires, Necessity and Freewill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50158]]></link><description><![CDATA[For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a (missed assignment). The guy was holding him, man, but you can't wait on a ref to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35239]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a (missed assignment). The guy was holding him, man, but you can't wait on a ref to make the play. The cat safety didn't get outside. He failed, we all failed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere  S'arrogent l'empire des mers;   Les Francais, nation legere,    S'emparent de celui des airs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far Was pinned with a single star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far Was pinned with a single star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghosts only exist for those who wish to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27206]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just like when they told me I'd never play football again. I just believe that we can do it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just like when they told me I'd never play football again. I just believe that we can do it. When we do it, then they give us congratulations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56168]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them   Unhappy folks on shore, now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no;  That would, as soon as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43065]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no;  That would, as soon as e'er she shone straight,   Whether 'twere day or night demonstrate;    Tell what her d'ameter to an inch is,     And prove that she's not made of green cheese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life: brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life: brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute, and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest area in convergence for us is going to be as the computer moves from the office to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33931]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest area in convergence for us is going to be as the computer moves from the office to a home network. Your database is going to house your videos, your music and your photographs. And it's also going to be storing your data for work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3606]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really had to make believers out of MPS to let them know that we're serious about what we've committed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really had to make believers out of MPS to let them know that we're serious about what we've committed to,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is voided, for apologetics is aimed at persuading doubters, not at refuting the defiant. He who demands a kind of proof that the nature of the case renders impossible, is determined that no possible evidence shall convince him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To play on the second biggest day on the football calendar is enormous and, for our young guys, it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35427]]></link><description><![CDATA[To play on the second biggest day on the football calendar is enormous and, for our young guys, it will give them a taste of a finals-type atmosphere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35427</guid></item></channel></rss>