<?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[Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;  Solid men of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;  Solid men of Boston, go to bed at sundown;   Never lose your way like the loggerheads of London.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12076]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand in hand even with the vow   I made to her in marriage, and to decline    Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor     To those of mine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played good defense (all game) and ran our offense (in the second half). When we do that, we can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played good defense (all game) and ran our offense (in the second half). When we do that, we can win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24941]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. -Indian saying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24993]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. -Pericles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52782]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42388]]></link><description><![CDATA[This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more useful rule]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3059]]></link><description><![CDATA[To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather keep my promises to other politicians than to God. God, at least, has a degree of forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Councell breakes not the head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Councell breakes not the head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57592]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44127]]></link><description><![CDATA[People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38946]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, this is obviously a relief for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More will mean worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916]]></link><description><![CDATA[More will mean worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47491]]></link><description><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real life seems to have no plots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real life seems to have no plots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gain is to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gain is to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger,  A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary,  Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary,  Safe to its home in Thy presence above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755]]></link><description><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time subdue!)   An horrid chasm disclosed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50250]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,   Her virtues were so rare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist  He is the true Gospel-bearer that carries it in his hands, in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist  He is the true Gospel-bearer that carries it in his hands, in his mouth, and in his heart... A man does not carry it in his heart that does not love it with all his soul; and nobody loves it as he ought, that does not conform to it in his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62788]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll have to step up our game, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37506]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll have to step up our game,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is incidental to law and order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is incidental to law and order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I surprised by how slow he's moving? My basic answer is, yes. I knew he was not going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I surprised by how slow he's moving? My basic answer is, yes. I knew he was not going to turn the Earth on its head overnight. But given the vastness of his ambitions ... I would have expected in the first eight months he would be doing lots of things of consequence: more significant personnel moves, more significant documents, more serious public engagements, etc., etc.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who so regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. [Ecclesiasti!4:2]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who so regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. [Ecclesiasti!4:2].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had plenty of opportunities in the doubles, but we just didn't convert. But what I said to the team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37145]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had plenty of opportunities in the doubles, but we just didn't convert. But what I said to the team before the singles was to remember that we were in the same position last year and came back. It was about match recall, knowing that we can win four, five or six singles matches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37145</guid></item></channel></rss>