<?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[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65144]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19959]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building and marrying of Children are great wasters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35782]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53861]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair and softly goes far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair and softly goes far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove;  But where shall we find leash, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove;  But where shall we find leash, or band,   For dame that loves to rove?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In every house the Christ is born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It goes without saying that it's a big game, we knew that even before the Chelsea game, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39342]]></link><description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that it's a big game, we knew that even before the Chelsea game,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10940]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carroll Dawson has served this organization very well over the past 26 years, and he will continue to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carroll Dawson has served this organization very well over the past 26 years, and he will continue to be a very useful resource for many years to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15156]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, Which holds but till thy news be uttered,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44474]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart hath one poor string to stay it by, Which holds but till thy news be uttered,  And then all this thou seest is but a clod   And module of confounded royalty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings!  How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54514]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings!  How some have been deposed, some slain in war,   Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,    Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed--     All murdered; for within the hollow crown      That rounds the mortal temples of a king       Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits,        Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp;         Allowing him a breath, a little scene,          To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks;           Infusing him with self and vain conceit,            As if this flesh which walls about our life             Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,              Comes at the last, and with a little pin               Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!                Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood                 With solemn reverence, Throw away respect,                  Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty;                   For you have but mistook me all this while.                    I live with bread like you, feel want, taste grief,                     Need friends. Subjected thus,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment. [Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet, cura bene ac velociter scribendi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We play with our helmets and you see it on the scoreboard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39139]]></link><description><![CDATA[We play with our helmets and you see it on the scoreboard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may forget the days of your anniversary or the loved ones birthday, but please don't forget those people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62916]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may forget the days of your anniversary or the loved ones birthday, but please don't forget those people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got good news right after the game. He was walking around on his own. It's just a tweak to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33979]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got good news right after the game. He was walking around on his own. It's just a tweak to an injury that he had before. He's day to day. I'm not sure if he's going to play [tonight at Phoenix], but it's nothing that is going to prevent him from playing next week and into the playoffs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65590]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1192]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12228]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19630]]></link><description><![CDATA["Home" is any four walls that enclose the right person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13720]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7526]]></link><description><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47725]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman--and each nation--must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is given to you to drink medicine for your soul from the cup of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of Kincaldie,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31149]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I stand here to say thank you, ... You earned your due. I'm very, very proud of my Police Department in Neptune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31149</guid></item></channel></rss>